Faucet



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A. B. EDMANDS.

FAUGET.

Patented Jan. 25, 1898.

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ARTEMAS B. EDMANDS, OF MILFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 597,842, dated January25, 1898. Application filed September 8, 18971 Serial No. 650,913. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTEMAS B. EDMANDS, of Milford, in the county ofWorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Faucets, of which the following, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings,is a specification.

My invention relates to faucets; and it consists in certain novelfeatures of construction, arrangement, and combination of parts,whichwill be readily understood by reference to the description of theaccompanying drawings and to the claims hereto appended and in which myinvention is clearly pointed out.

It is a well-known fact that water when being drawn from an ordinaryfaucet upon a flat surface, as the bottom of a sink, will spatter orrebound from said fiat surface in jets or drops which are thrown to aconsider able distance, particularly if the pressure is considerable.This is a very objectionable feature which it is the object of mypresent invention to overcome or reduce to a minimum, and to this end 1construct the faucet as illustrated in the acoompan yin g drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a faucet, illustrating my invention applied as an attachment to an ordinary faucet of well-kn0wnconstruction. Fig. 2 is a similar sectional elevation of a faucet inwhich my invention is applied within the main shell of the faucetbody.Fig. 3 is a transverse section on line a: a; on Fig. 1, and Fig. 4: is atransverse section on line y 3 on Figs. 1 and 2.

In the drawings, A is'the main body or shell of the faucet, providedwith the usual valve-seat, valve, valve-stem, and operatinghandle, andin the case of Fig. 1 said shell is provided with a screw-threadeddischargenozzle A.

B is a shell or casing forming an extension of the discharge-nozzle andmay form a part of the faucet proper, as shown in Fig. 2, or

be made separate therefrom and screwed to the ordinary faucet, as shownin Fig. 1. In

either case the part B has a cylindrical passage through the same fromend. to end, the middle portion a of which is enlarged or has a diameterabout one-eighth of an inch, more or less, greater than the lowerportion 1), the

junction of said two portions forming an annular shoulder c, as shown inFigs. 1 and 2.

O is a ring set in the upper portion of the part B and having aninterior diameter corresponding to the interior diameter of the lowersection 1). Between the shoulder c and the lower end of the ring 0 isinserted the tube D, extending from the under side of the ring G to theshoulder c and having a crosssection which forms a passage from end toend thereof, comprising a center and a plurality of radial wings d andmay be quatrefoil or trefoil in shape. In the center of the upper end ofsaid tube is inserted and firmly secured therein the upwardly-projectingcone 6-, as shown in Figs. 1 and The tube D divides the chamberedportion a of the passage through the portion B of the discharge-nozzleinto a plurality of passages in addition to the one through said tube.

The part B, when made separate from the body of the faucet, is threadedat its upper end to fit the threaded end of the dischargenozzle of theordinary faucet and has the milled enlargement f to facilitate thescrewing of it upon said faucet, as shown in Fig. 1.

In the case of the invention being built into the faucet the part B hasan opening in its top of sufficient diameter to permit the insertion ofthe tube D and the ring 0 from the top, and said opening is closed bythe plugcap E, as shown in Fig.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The valve of the faucet Abeing raised in the ordinary way, the current of water in escapingthrough the nozzle is first separated into an annular body in passingthe cone e, is then divided into a plurality of separate streams orcurrents in passing through the tube D and chambered portion a of thepart B, and is again united in a single stream as it passes through theportion 1) of the discharge-nozzle, and it has been demonstrated byactual test under heavy pressures that when said stream strikes thebottom of the sink or other flat surface the water flows outwardly inall directions from the point of contact in a smooth sheet withabsolutely no spattering. The tube D, having the cross-section shown anddescribed and dividing the chambered section a of the passage throughthe part B into a I signed solely to prevent the spattering of the Waterand always has a free discharge, which is not reduced by continuous use,caused by the accumulation of the sediment or impurities contained inthe water, as is the case With all filters.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States, is-- 1. A faucet the discharge-passage of which has achambered section or a section having a diameter greater than thesections above and below it and divided longitudinally into a series ofseparate passages, and an upwardlyprojecting cone arranged centrallyabove said series of passages.

2. A faucet having the chamber ctof greater diameter than the section bat the end of the nozzle, in combination with the tube D inserted insaid chambered section and dividing it into a plurality of longitudinalpassages;

the ring 0 above said tube D and having a diameter corresponding to thediameter or the section b; and the cone 6 set in the center of the upperend of said tube D and projecting upward therefrom.

In testimony whereof I have signed n1 y name to this specification,inthe presence of two subscribing Witnesses, on this 7th day of September,A. D. 1897.

ARTEMAS B. EDMANDS.

Vitnesses:

N. O. LOMBARD, WILLIAM E. DAVIS.

